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Design PhD, SocioTechnologist, Ergonaut
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Hey kids, your name is personally identifiable information. If you wouldn't give a group your birthdate, don't give them your name. Tldr: Names still matter #techadvice #dadadvice #unsolicitedadvice #dataprivacy

self-awareness is such a scam bc now i can see all my problems AND i still have them? rude

I truly think people don’t realize how many universities and colleges — especially public ones — may shut down if restrictions on and withholding of federal funding persists for even one presidency We are facing the demolition of American higher education

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

| ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| It benefits the far-right if Nazi Germany is viewed as an anomalous outlier rather than an ethno-nationalist model |___________| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || /   づ #HistorianSignBunny

The Matrix is the kind of film about the matrix that the matrix would produce. --Jean Baudrillard

Come join Ben and I... starting in 10 mins. www.linkedin.com/events/thepa...

Congressperson John Lewis, whose ‘good trouble’ they love to quote so much, was arrested 45 times in his life. The last was in 2013 protesting for immigrants, during the Obama presidency.

I only have one tip for people who don't really want to go on a cruise... Don't.

Just spitballing, but things that could happen today: *Court injunction protecting USAID *Dems demand hearings on Musk's role *Someone introduce articles of impeachment *Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers *Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved

Learning to learn, what’s it really like to do all that DevOps-y transformation at companies, and more, @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social and I talk with with @divineops.net www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/91

Merry Christmas to all.

the last few weeks of bsky helped me personally realize how traumatizing the other site had become

I’m at #CSCW2024, which feels like the right place to use Bluesky for the first time! I’m recruiting PhD students to UW HCDE who want to think about digital safety from a sociotechnical lens.

Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.

link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Our edited volume, Epistemic Injustice in Mental Healthcare, has now been published and is free to download. I made a very small contribution - excellently edited and led by @lisabortolotti.bsky.social and supported by Wellcome

I suspect that the efforts to increase productivity will continue to fail as long as we apply models where a social group is understood as the accumulation of the skills of its members.

I am a Partner at Ergonautic with 25+ years in design, development, and ops excellence. I hold a PhD in Design (CMU), focusing on how time impacts design decisions and sustainable practices. I help organizations rethink complex systems and embrace continuous evolution for long-term resilience.

Criticism is a critical part of creating things.

Take your mind off *stuff* by listening to me talk about the incredible life of Henri Bergson on the Historically Thinking podcast player.blubrry.com/historically...

Fun to work with Google on their latest Security white paper! My fave quote: “Folks throw money at a super expensive platform, but then don’t have a password manager for the team! It’s like spending money on ballistic windows but your door is wide open.” services.google.com/fh/files/mis...

Hey you! Yes, you! Are you a grad student in philosophy? Do you long for the rustic charms of the Steel City? Do you wish to climb the Cathedral of Learning? Then submit to the 24th Annual Pitt-CMU Graduate Conference by December 1st! Please share! All info here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

@matty.wtf's DevOps Starter Pack... lots of good people here.